Although investor’s share of the total value of housing loans has fallen to 46.0% in June 2016, down from a high of 53.8% in May 2015, investors remain dominant in the housing market, especiall…

Evidence that the long-awaited end to the sustained housing boom has arrived is continuing to mount with the latest housing data showing new dwelling approvals down 0.5% in June 2016, compar…

Imports of sawn softwood continued to decline in June 2016, with the full financial year seeing imports decline to 626,008 m3, down 13.7% on the previous year. In encouraging signs for the dom…

In a continuation of the strong upwards trend of the first half of 2016, July saw yet another year-end record reached, with reported sales totaling 2.9 million m3, up 1.2% or 34,000 m3 for the ye…

New short-term forecasts of sawn softwood sales volumes indicate prospects for continued growth through to the March Quarter of 2017. However, the short-term forecasts then anticipate a d…

Providing the evidence for industry efforts to encourage plantation expansion to supply the next generation of forest resource in Australia, the latest plantation data shows the national…